# Incident 19960228008139I: Emb EMB120RT, Phoenix, AZ, February 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1996, 20:40 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N193YV-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,190 total, 2,760 in this make and model, 266 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960228008139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: MESA AIRLINES, EMB-120, OPERATING AS AIR SHUTTLE 5025 ARRIVED AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AT APPROXIMATELY 2040 MST. MESA'S PARKING AREA IS AT TERMINAL 4 ON THE NORTH AND EAST (CENTER) CONCOURSE, A PASSENGER BRIDGE WALKWAY CONNECTS THE CENTER AND EAST CONCOURSES, THE PIC TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA APPROACHING THE PASSENGER BRIDGE WALKWAY. THE ASSIGNED AIRCRAFT PARKING SPOTS WERE ALL OCCUPIED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED 180 DEGREES CAUSING THE LEFT OUTBOARD ELEVATOR TIP CAP TO STRIKE AND BREAK A PANE OF GLASS IN THE PASSENGER BRIDGE WALKWAY. THE ELEVATOR TIP CAP IS A REPLACEABLE ITEM. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD AFT CORNER OF THE ELEVATOR. THE ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR HINGES, STABILIZER, AND STABILIZER ATTACH FITTINGS WERE INSPECTED PRIOR TO FERRY FOR ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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